#A00A72

sRGB · 160 / 10 / 114

#A00A72 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 160 red, 10 green and 114 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 318.4° lands in the rose region. Its 88.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 33.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.55:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 160, 10, 114
HSL: 318.40°, 88.24%, 33.33%
HSV / HSB: 318.40°, 93.75%, 62.75%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 93.75%, 28.75%, 37.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 17.642, 8.907, 16.710
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 35.804, 61.925, -17.754
WCAG relative luminance: 0.08906
24-bit decimal: 10488434

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A00A72 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.78:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.55:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0AA038 sits half a turn (180°) from #A00A72 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A00A72 #0AA038

Analogous

#830AA0 and #A00A27 sit 30° to either side of #A00A72. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#830AA0 #A00A72 #A00A27

Triadic

#A00A72, #72A00A and #0A72A0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A00A72 #72A00A #0A72A0

Split complementary

Start at #A00A72 and look across the wheel. #27A00A and #0AA083 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A00A72 #27A00A #0AA083

Square

Starting with #A00A72, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A0830A, #0AA038, then #0A27A0. Across the square, #A00A72 pairs with #0AA038, and #A0830A with #0A27A0.

#A00A72 #A0830A #0AA038 #0A27A0

Tetradic

#A00A72 and #0AA038 are opposites, as are #A0380A and #0A72A0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A00A72 #A0380A #0AA038 #0A72A0

Tints

Mixing #A00A72 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B33B8E, keeps 80% of the original. By #ECCEE3, the mixture is 80% white.

#A00A72 #B33B8E #C66CAA #D99DC7 #ECCEE3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A00A72 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #80085B, keeps 80% of the original. By #200217, the mixture is 80% black.

#A00A72 #80085B #600644 #40042E #200217 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A00A72 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A2275, keeps 80% of the original. By #86687D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A00A72 #9A2275 #933978 #8D517A #86687D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A00A72

RGB

rgb(160 10 114)

HSL

hsl(318.400 88.235% 33.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A00A72;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A00A72 uses 160 red, 10 green and 114 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 62.7%

Green 3.9%

Blue 44.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A00A72 is 0.0% cyan, 93.8% magenta, 28.7% yellow and 37.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 93.8%

Yellow 28.7%

Black 37.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #991177. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #917 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A00A72 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #990066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #991177 Nearest web-safe · #990066

Gradient to complement

#A00A72 #872368 #6E3C5F #555555 #3C6E4B #238742 #0AA038

Color vision previews

Compare how #A00A72 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#294574

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#565D6F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#AC0042

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#693C72

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#724C70

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A01764

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#545454

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#813D64

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.35153 G 0.00304 B 0.16827

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.57456 G 0.12632 B 0.43591

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.28966 G 0.01460 B 0.15944

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.408 y 0.206 Y 8.907

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 37.255 M % 96.078 Y % 55.294

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100000 00001010 01110010